Re: PS3 60G LAUNCH MODEL DIED ...CAN I ?

my launch model just died flashing red light ,left it few hours still wont work,had just enough time to get my mw2 disc out.

want to know if i get a slim can i take my hdd out my old ps3 and put it in the slim.

phoned sony and they want £130 ,and all i get is a refurb and 3 month warrenty!!! NO WAY

Sorry but i paid £500 ,doesnt seem fair to me

As soon as you put your old HDD into your slim, it will ask to format it, meaning all data will be erased. Get a hairdryer and use it on the back of the PS3 for 20 minutes. Should make your PS3 work, but only for a few hours or days. A mate of mine has been using this fix for a couple of weeks now. When your PS3 works, get your saves on your USB stick, then get a slim.

i too wont being sony £130 for a second refurb with 3 months warranty, would rather pay £180 for slim with 12 months warranty.

i was told by sony that if you put your HDD in any other PS3 (Slim or Fat) it will reformat the data, so you will lose your data.

I think Sony really need to think about these problems in future. Microsoft replaced my mates 360 when it broke out of warranty for free?! Sony should at least offer a discount for Slim's or offer to buy your PS3 YLOD console off you for parts.

I also held on the phone for 26 minutes then got off last week - wasnt impressed at all.

At least my PS2 which is 10 years old in February works - that was a launch model and out lived my PS3 - i now need ideas of how to keep my PS3 Slim cool

Re: PS3 60G LAUNCH MODEL DIED ...CAN I ?

I think Sony really need to think about these problems in future. Microsoft replaced my mates 360 when it broke out of warranty for free?! Sony should at least offer a discount for Slim's or offer to buy your PS3 YLOD console off you for parts.

Microsoft did so as they admitted there was a common fault, and the failure rate was something like 56% iirc.

The PS3 (according to SCEE) has a failure rate of 0.5%, hence why they aren't doing free repairs.